Jonathan Dana 1812

In memory of
MR. JONATHAN DANA,
who died
Dec. 21, AD. 1812;
Æt. 76.
"Behold and see as you pass by, as you are now,
So once was I.
As I am now, so you must be, prepare for death
And follow me."

Footstone:
J. D.

"There was an ancient house in the village which stood upon the site of a part of Panter's building, Hunting's grocery store, and Mrs. West's house. It was known as 'Dana's Tavern,' and was kept for many years by Mr. Jonathan Dana. It was a large gambrel-roofed house, with a row of sheds and out-buildings behind it reaching nearly across from Washington Street to Harvard Street.

"This tavern was a great resort for country produce dealers, but never had as large a local patronage or entertained as much fashionable company as the Punch Bowl, - as the latter had a large dancing-hall, which the Dana Tavern had not."
H. F. W., p. 49.